grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: It might be a good time to at least get Xp on your system, I found it much more stable than 98, and MS no longer supports 98 or ME as an added incentive. The Seta drive will work fine with Xp, and with Vista now out, you should be able to get a copy of Xp at a good price.
JEFF: It might be a good time to at least get Xp on your system, I found it much more stable than 98, and MS no longer supports 98 or ME as an added incentive. The Seta drive will work fine with Xp, and with Vista now out, you should be able to get a copy of Xp at a good price.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Der- Maybe, well I gess if it is fried I could salvage the plug, or keep using it untill it
1. blows up
2. overheats
3. starts to smoke
4. trains won't go even at full throttle
and finally does all of the above, I gess the same happend to the first power pack Jeff gave me. Now all trains run at full speed without even turning the throttle from 0% to 100%.
BWT check out this new thread I started today. http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1138320/ShowPost.aspx
Good evening gents......a sunny day today but cool......did some work in the garden to keep the weeds at bay...
SUE: I heard from Lisa, she answered in the Whistle Stop, they are NOT moving to CT, she had some PC issues, finally back on line.
JEFF: If you look online, Xp is selling for $89 ( Home Edition ) and as low as $116 for Professional version. Even Vista home basic is around $120, but I would not buy that one....the next version UP is far better. But Xp would be a good buy for you now Jeff, check it out.
COLBY: Radio or Sears has some inexpensive Multimeters that can measure current, volts, and ohms , that won't break your expense account....I would invest in one of those as soon as you can. It really is a "must have" IMHO for any MRR'r.
DER JOHN: I need the recipe for the Banana/Rhubarb bread, muffins, etc. The Rhubarb is now ready to pick in the garden.
Evening Gang: I worked out in the shop on the trucks for my 4" scale narrow gauge trucks. Those are in 7.5 inch gauge. They are now ready for another meet I hope. I didn't put in the new wheels. I really didn't have the time to make the axles and fit the wheels and then modify the journel boxes for the new bearings. I will make two new sets of trucks with new design journal boxes and put them under the cars. Then I'll take the old trucks and rebuild them properly for the new cars. I just hope that the old trucks last the meet.
Colby: Dick is right about the need for a volt,ohm meter. They are between $10 and $20 for a simple one that will do what you want.
I'm covered with off and it's smell is beginning to get to me. We were over at our sons house and the mesquitos were thick as molassas. So I'll say Good Night and go take a shower.
Good Night All
PAUL: For mosquitos, those Propane traps really work!! My son has one, and it has a suction fan on it as well as a light which between the Co2 emission, and the light, it sucks those pesky critters right into the trap. He gets thousands of them every night and they can sit in comfort outside after dark.
Ok, time for bed, see you guys tomorrow,
Evening, folks, just another run-through (on foot - left the car outside)
Guess once I get my wiring hooked up, I might need to go by local R.Shack and get one of those meters (unless I can find what happened to the little cheap one I used to have...)
Haven't heard from Ryan much today - must be really pampering Monique for her birthday, doing the dishes, laundry and who knows what else? Maybe he has a LHS trip planned for the next week or so (after her birthday)?
Well, news is over, so time to hit the sack before it's tomorrow and time for w**k. Though it sounds like our retarded gents were busier today than I was...
No major rain today, though some might be coming through tonight, from the weather radars. Take care and see you in the morning!
Blessings and a good week ahead,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
*yawn* can't sleep really. Got Pirates of the Carribean At World's End playing in my head, and my dreams of the Maine Central keep going bulrry on me.
BTW have any of you heard that GE has come out with a Hybrid Loco?
http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/hybrid.html
Colby: That was being discussed on my forum around 2 weeks ago and is listed in the GE board.
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I had to replace the AC unit in my trailer yesterday. The old one was starting to act really wierd. It would work fantastic at night but wouldn't cool worth a flip during the day. The old unit is a 8,000 btu. I decided that as long as I was changing it out, I might as well upgrade and got a 10,000 btu unit. It has a safety plug on it that has a circuit breaker built in to it. If I have to reset the breaker on that plug every time the power goes out, guess how fast that plug will get lost and a regular plug substituted.
Good Morning.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 6/11/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Heat Index: 78°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 71°F So Far TodayHigh: 75°FLow: 73°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 0mph NNE Today High: 95 Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Tonight Low: 72 Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Good Morning All
Well its been three days of FOG and today it's FROG (fog and rain) as we steam with a towed array behind mapping the ocean bottom and it's geological features. I guess they've been picking up some Glacial scarring with side scan left some 14,000 years ago.
As for myself I have not been feeling my best as the nurse figures I may have food poisining (Oh Joy!) I am on the mend but it's been an unpleasant several days to say the least.
Anyway I must be off as I have work to do and must get at it before i forget all about it (Oh that would be nice)!
Later All
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Mornin, coffee please Zoe,
Had some good weekend weather here, so we spent Sat. night at the ground. 2 of the grandsons from Springfield were down, so we set up our tent too, then ended up with 2 more. Fixed a big pot of beans for supper and some friends of Bryans came over for supper. Got a couple train pics also, this one I got as it was starting to get light, no it's not a very good one, but it's the best this camera do with the light.
Great pics ya got from over there PC.
Liked your video to Colby, I've never seen any of those round here.
PAUL,,, for skeeters, we spray a mix of lemon dish soap and lemon ammonia [50/50] around the yard with a sprayer I got on the garden hose, works pretty well here.
Got Clyde's 3 kids plus an extra for a couple hours today, so no big plans. Do need to water the garden this morning, starting to get dry here. Had rain forecast for last Fri., but didn't get enough to wash the side walk off, and none forecast till the weekend. Best get at chores, hope ya'll has a good day
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
I see the crew of BT-1 is over at the counter getting coffees to go... Must be holed up at the signal across the street!
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Good morning gang. I will just have coffee.
I haven't been in for a while because I was teaching a class on leading rock climbing in Leavenworth. It rained on Saturday so we did ground work, but Sunday was gorgeous. It was quite late when I got home last night.
I am having a little difficulty catching up on things here.
pcarrell wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: pcarrell wrote: BTW, I have no idea where the smilies ad in this post came from. It's not in the post when you veiw it in the preview mode. It looks like the forum software just decided to add it in. It also decided that I had "non-matching quotes" when I went to post, but I checked and it was set up PERFECTLY. This happens to me from time to time. Do you guys get this too?That will happen if there's an "&" in the '[ quote user = "name"]' whether they're lined up perfectly or not.Well how about that! Learn something new every day!So where'd the ad come from?
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: pcarrell wrote: BTW, I have no idea where the smilies ad in this post came from. It's not in the post when you veiw it in the preview mode. It looks like the forum software just decided to add it in. It also decided that I had "non-matching quotes" when I went to post, but I checked and it was set up PERFECTLY. This happens to me from time to time. Do you guys get this too?That will happen if there's an "&" in the '[ quote user = "name"]' whether they're lined up perfectly or not.
pcarrell wrote: BTW, I have no idea where the smilies ad in this post came from. It's not in the post when you veiw it in the preview mode. It looks like the forum software just decided to add it in. It also decided that I had "non-matching quotes" when I went to post, but I checked and it was set up PERFECTLY. This happens to me from time to time. Do you guys get this too?
BTW, I have no idea where the smilies ad in this post came from. It's not in the post when you veiw it in the preview mode. It looks like the forum software just decided to add it in. It also decided that I had "non-matching quotes" when I went to post, but I checked and it was set up PERFECTLY. This happens to me from time to time. Do you guys get this too?
Well how about that! Learn something new every day!
So where'd the ad come from?
First of all thanks, Jeffrey, for clearing up about the non matching quotes. I had just figured that the post was locked or that I was not bright enough to figure it out. While you are clearing things up, how do you quote from two different posts when replying?
Philip, Were you asking where I got these smiles?
If so, I downloaded them from photobucket. Sometimes the standard smiles just didn't express what I was thinking.
Dick, Thanks for the note about Lisa. I have been gone for 3 days and will try to catch up today. Are you having trouble with your new Photoshop?
That reminds me, I have a bunch of photos to extract from the camera. I went with Larry to unload at the Port of Tacoma on Thursday and took photos of some yards and of a swamp that I may need for reference.
The sun is shining here so I should get my camping gear out ot dry before it rains again.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good day folks!
Thanks for all the warm birthday wishes for Monique! She had a great weekend of fun and merriment!
We went to Las Margaritas the local Mexican restaurant for dinner Friday night and split the Chicken Fajitas. Saturday it was just the two of us for a romantic evening of dining and dancing. We went to La Foresta and split the Stuffed Mushroom Caps, then the Antipasto Salad Plate, and then we each had a Chocolate Canoli.
Then we went to Oxford, NC to the Oxford Bar and Grill with some new dancing friends we met in our dance class, and danced until midnight to some of the local beach music.
Then Sunday afternoon we went to the pool and enjoyed the sun for 3 hours, then came home and I cooked her some good ole New Orleans BBQ Shrimp with crusty French bread.
So, speaking of food, what's for lunch in the Diner today?
Ahhh.... PC.....lunch time soon....!!!
Garry, nice to see the Burlington Baggage car made a showing on the rails. And that upstairs layout looks like a headache to keep the steam loco on track. Maybe an elevated curve would help! LOL
Jeff, good advice for any and all school age kids, and I am passing it onto my sons too!
JimRCGMO wrote: Haven't heard from Ryan much today - must be really pampering Monique for her birthday, doing the dishes, laundry and who knows what else? Maybe he has a LHS trip planned for the next week or so (after her birthday)?
Jim, you must be a mind reader or something! I did all that too and more! Too funny about the "belly roll" and mega-buffets! And with Father's Day just around the corner....LHS.....yes! Actually, the belly roll dance move is so named because both partners turn toward one another and it can be a close dance move (bellies touching) and then the two partners turn out again while facing each other.
Paul, I don't miss the heat and humidity of the Deep South! At least when it is hot here the humidity is fairly reasonable. You know the joke in South Louisiana is that the state bird should have been the mosquito!
Dick, did it actually rain any for you this past weekend? We were projected/forecasted/guessed to have rain Saturday and Sunday, and we ain't seen any drop of moisture at all. And since Vista is out now not surprised that XP $$ are going way down, I might have to snag a copy of XP Pro just have another backup CD available.
Nice to see that Ed has his computer problems fixed. That means more virtual OJ heading up the T1 pipe soon.
Phillip, TFM loco huh! Hey, I've been meaning to tell you that I got Ben jump started on building that 1958 Edsel kit. I started him off by showing how to build the engine and he took the ball and ran with it. When he finishes it I will post a photo!
Thoughts and prayers to all!
Cheers,
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good Morning All.....Its sunny and warmer here just can't seem to get any rain....I'll have coffee and a krispy Kream please...Thank You...We have a good weeked got to see 5 of the grand babys....I am working on a hand car set out in the yards....I found one in a box of stuff and thought It needed a set out....Also got the rest of a truck pin out a Atlas hopper I was having trouble with keeping it in and had the "great" idea to put a little super glue on it well I forgot about it and went to change the truck and broke it off..I was so mad at myself I put it away Friday I decided I did have much to lose finaly got it out with out messing the car up...
Happy Birthday to Monique...
Gary....Nice job on baggage car....
Inch...I was out in the yard saturday night and thought I could smell Ham and Beans cooking on a open fire....Did you have any cornbread with that?
Jeff...Glad to hear you got your A/C troubles taken care of...Bet it gets pretty uncomfortable without A/C...
You all have a good one....Jerry
gear-jammer wrote: While you are clearing things up, how do you quote from two different posts when replying?
While you are clearing things up, how do you quote from two different posts when replying?
You have to open up multiple internet windows and then just copy and paste.
Philip, Were you asking where I got these smiles? If so, I downloaded them from photobucket. Sometimes the standard smiles just didn't express what I was thinking.
I thought I recognized those. I wasn't sure how they got in the post because I didn't notice them before, but Jeff informed me that I was asleep at the wheel.
SilverSpike wrote: Thanks for all the warm birthday wishes for Monique! She had a great weekend of fun and merriment!
Good deal! I'm glad you both had a good time.
Yeah, hit me up! I see how you are!
Phillip, Hey, I've been meaning to tell you that I got Ben jump started on building that 1958 Edsel kit. I started him off by showing how to build the engine and he took the ball and ran with it. When he finishes it I will post a photo!
Cool, I'll look for it! I thought that would make a good looking model when I saw it.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Good afternoon everyone, 79F and partly cloudy here today with a nice breeze from the NE. The garden is doinf great, unlike last year, all the seeded veggies are up and survived the downpours from TS's last week. I have a new idea for watering and fertilizing that I am trying out this year. My son had obtained 4 black, heavy duty plastic barrels, 30 gallon, that I am going to cut off the tops, fill with water, and add some lime and dehydrated cow manure along with super phosphate. I will place the 4 barrels at key loactions around the garden, let the full day sun heat the water, and dip the watering cans in to water the plants when needed with this mix. The well water (artesian) is real cold, like 47F, and this "shocks" the plants too much I feel. I have some soaker hoses that I use also, but I have to be so careful when rototilling not to run over the hoses, a real pain in the a.., so I am trying this new method.
JEFF: Xp should not be selling for over $200...no way!! Please check on the internet, it is selling for far less than that. Even Vista Home basic is only $120 +/- .
FERGIE: That sounds like an interesting project.......what are they trying to find by mapping the geography of the ocean bottom? As for food poisoning, Zoe told me she saw you licking the mayonaise jar cover two days ago....you know, the one that was left out in the open all day? tsk, tsk.
RYAN: Yes, it did rain here Saturday, in fact it rained at the rate of 2.45" per hour for short duration downpours. My daughter was camping on Cape Cod....never received a drop of rain...go figure...she was closer to the upper level LOW stuck off the coast of Nova Scotia where Fergie is on his science expedition.
COLBY: Did you get your Multimeter yet? Get an advance on your summer job or on your allowance at home.
MIKE: Turn ON the floodlights at the camp!!! On second thought, it might confuse the engineer in thinking that another train is coming at him.....lol
SUE: I have been reading the manual in-between doing yard and garden work, or maintenance on the equipment here. So far, I really like version 5...I think you would really like the features. Several mags that I get, including Consumer Reports, has rated this as #1 for the everyday user in the latest issue.
Code 5
grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: Xp should not be selling for over $200...no way!! Please check on the internet, it is selling for far less than that. Even Vista Home basic is only $120 +/- .
Just got in from work. Staining desk parts was the order of the day and I am tired. I may be on later but right now I'll be getting some rest. Weather is looking threatening as well.
Good evening ! from Indiana.
06-11-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: Xp should not be selling for over $200...no way!! Please check on the internet, it is selling for far less than that. Even Vista Home basic is only $120 +/- .I haven't checked on the internet. I was stating the price that's on it at the local comp shops.Just got in from work. Staining desk parts was the order of the day and I am tired. I may be on later but right now I'll be getting some rest. Weather is looking threatening as well.
Take it slow buddy, you don't want your Glucose level getting out of whack.....do you have any emergency buttons or someone to check in on you Jeff? Being alone and going into diabetic shock is very dangerous as you already know I'm sure......
'Evening Guys and Gals,
Just a quick stop, maybe a cold drink will work for now. It's been so busy around here I haven't had the time to even stop by.
I have a lot of catch up to do, maybe later this evening.
A magazine, South Coastal Living, has contacted me about an article they want to do about my club, The South Shore Model Railway Club. I'm about ready to leave to meet them at the club. I'm the scenery Chairperson and they need information about how it is designed, the materials used and methods to accomplish a realistic look. Wow a scenery clinic in print. Paul3 the Operation Chair, also on this forum will go over how the RR is basically designed around prototypical Ops as a first priority, then it is up to layout design, benchwork, trackwork and electrical. Then it is up to me and my merry crew to try to make it all look like the real world. This is Bob, a retired electrical engineer. This is actually his first attempt at flying solo on the section
These are some of my spots
A work in progress, note the Cripplebush rubber rocks
ME viaduct
This is some great work by John, took 3 years to complete, it's a hit at our shows
Well gota run,
Don't want to be late for the interview, Let you know how I make out,
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Good Afternoon Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful sunny day down here in Paradise. A trifle hot at 36ºC (+/- 97ºF), but we do have a/c. New hard drive is still running, so that's a good sign. And all my normal sites seem to be accessible, even better. Minor annoyance is that the tech swapped my keyboard over to Spanish style when he reloaded all the programs, so all the special character keys are in different locations. I haven't figured out how to swap it back to standard English style yet.
SilverSpike - Nice to see that Ed has his computer problems fixed. That means more virtual OJ heading up the T1 pipe soon.
Yup, the Coffee Shop will have to make do with virtual juice until the new season starts in October (+/-). Can I interest you guys in some bananas, mangos or papayas? We do have some of those right now.
TFM loco huh!
That's the old TFM paint scheme, which was modeled on the KCS scheme. Some of those grey locos have had their logo repainted as KCS de Mexico, (with the "de Mexico" in smaller black letters). What will be neat to see is when some of the new KCS or KCSdeM locos in the retro Southern Belle paint scheme start showing up.
Not much progress on the layout. Okay, let's be honest, no progress on the layout. " Terminal laziness" has set in. I feel unworthy listening to how busy other retarded guys here (like GreyFox, Paul B, derJohn, just to name a few) keep themselves. I try, but I think it's just the "mañana factor" down here. [insert "siesta" smilie here]
I have been working on making changes to one of those old MDC 2-8-0's. Started out as just changing out the old Rapido couplers. Now it's new pilot, changed old style top mounted headlight for more modern center mounted headlight, minor cab mods, modified stack, etc. I'll tell you, Normal scale is really too small for an old goat mike me to be fooling around with. Hope it runs after all the work I've put into it. A normal person would have had it back together and operating by now. I still have work to do.
Not sure if I'll finish it before the next trip. We leave in a week for our big summer trip. Five and a half weeks, incl a week and a half in Houston to see the grandson, and almost 4 weeks in Newfoundland. And as soon as we get back we have to pack for another week+ heading to what passes for the annual national railfan and model railroad convention down here. Nothing compared to conventions and shows up north of the Rio Bravo, but it's the only show in town down here.
Hasta mañana
Ed
Good morning/afternoon John. It's James (Ozjim) here. I figured i'd better get in touch with a trains.com member to let them know I'm still around! I've tried for the last few weeks posting a reply in the diner thread, But for some reason in any web browser, it won't let me. I've also been very busy with work 5.30/6am - 5/5.30pm daily, so when I get home I feel too tired to try sort out the problem or surf the net in general. If you could pass on to the members in the diner that i'm still around down under, I'd greatly appreciate it, as I can still read it, Just not reply! P.S... If anyone would like to get into contact with me, please pass on this email address to them. (it's also my msn messenger address) Take care, Regards,James Saunders.
Der- Maybe, well I gess if it is fried I could salvage the plug, or keep using it untill it 1. blows up 2. overheats 3. starts to smoke4. trains won't go even at full throttleand finally does all of the above, I gess the same happend to the first power pack Jeff gave me. Now all trains run at full speed without even turning the throttle from 0% to 100%.
[insert "siesta" smilie here]
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Thanks, John. I may just go with this one.
Although this one could work too.
Well, maybe not. Too small, and I don't smoke. The search for an appropriate siesta smilie goes on.
Regards
I'm beside myself.
I have the inspiration, but no time!
The recent thread to give me the inspiration to get back in the modeling grove has done it's magic. My mind is racing with thoughts of modeling. Problem is, the daughters car keeps breaking down and it's eating up all of my time! I fix it, then drive it, and it purrs like a kitten. She gets behind the wheel and can't make it out of the neighborhood before it's broken again! AAAAHHHHHHGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
I've got vacation coming up and she'll be out of town, so I'm warming up my soldering gun now!
Evening Gang: Just a short one tonight. I got the trucks under the gondolas and moved them to a shady spot. I started to paint the cars and had to make a couple of new pieces to replace ones that had rotted out. Right now I've got a dvd running. It's John Wayne in Sea Chase. So I'll get to watching it and see you all later.